Here's a song from the War of 1812 that I've never run across before, composed shortly after the Battle of Lake Champlain from the point of view of a Black sailor aboard the American fleet:
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By Micajah Hawkins, 1814

Siege of Plattsburg (Battle of Lake Champlain)

Backside Albany stan' Lake Champlain,
Little pond half full o' water;
Plat-te-burg dar too, close 'pon de main;
Town small–he grow bigger, do', herearter.

On Lake Champlain Uncle Sam set he boat,
An' Massa Macdonough he sail 'em;
When Gineral Macomb make Plat-te-burg he home
Wid de army, whose courage nebber fail 'em.

On 'lebenth day Sep-tem-ber,
In eighteen hun'red and fourteen,
Gubbernor Probose and he British soj-er
Come to Plat-te-burg a tea-party courtin';

And he boat come too, arter Uncle Sam boat.
Massa 'Donough, he look sharp out de winder;
Den Gineral Macomb (ah! he always a-home)
Cotch fire too, sirs, like a tinder.

Bang! bang! bang! den de cannons 'gin to roar,
In Plat-te-burg and all 'bout that quarter;
Gubbernor Probose try he han' 'pon de shore,
While he boat take he luck 'pon de water;

But Massa Macdonough knock he boat in the head,
Break he heart, break he shin, 'tove he caff in,
An' Gineral Macomb start ole Probose home–
To't me soul den I muss die a laffin'.

Probose scare so he lef' all behine,
Powder, ball, cannon, tea-pot, an' kittle;
Some say he cotch a cole–trouble in he mine
'cause he eat so much raw an' cole vittle.

Uncle Sam berry sorry, to be sure, for the pain,
Wish he nuss heself up well an' hearthy,
For Gineral Macomb and Massa 'Donough home
When he notion of anudder tea-party!


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From Songs and Poems from War of 1812

"The British naval defeat and the subsequent retreat of Sir George Prevost's army were the subject of one of the most popular American songs written and sung during the War of 1812. It was written by Micajah Hawkins, the proprietor of a theatre in Albany, and sung by him in the character of a Black sailor."

Charley Noble